Saturday, November 24, 2007

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Iowa Looks to the Border Thompson Raises Issue Fred Thompson Financial Times -- London -- November 24 Iowa concern over illegal immigration     As the Hispanic presence becomes more widely felt, Republican presidential candidates are finding fertile territory for their hard-line policies against illegal immigration.     When Fred Thompson, one of the Republican hopefuls, held a campaign rally in Sioux City this week, the loudest applause was reserved for his promise to build a fence along the border with Mexico.     "How long has it been since we put a man on the moon? Yet we cannot secure our own border," he said, addressing a 150-strong, all-white audience.     "This is our home. And we collectively get to decide who comes into our home." Past Features   Operation B.E.E.F. Updates

New York Times Invaders caught in net cast for gangs ...Greenport's experience with Operation Community Shield sheds light on the inner workings of an antigang crackdown that has brought immigration raids to private homes across the country. The crackdown relies heavily on local police forces to identify suspects, often based on loosely defined or subjective criteria.

Pest Nest

Palo Alto Daily News City to review permit for Day Worker Center Less than a week after the Day Worker Center of Mountain View received a city permit to operate in its new location, a resident filed an appeal of the city's decision, thereby sending the matter to the city council for its consideration. -- Don Letcher, a frequent critic of the city, filed the appeal Tuesday...

Rev. Robert Vinciguerra -- OpEdNews.com Solving illegal immigration for dummies The President, both houses of Congress, the candidates, and the American people have been debating for quite some time on how to handle the immigration issue. And by "immigration issue," what is meant is the growing problem that America faces with illegal immigrants pouring over the southern border with Mexico.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch Boeing's 'virtual fence' raises hope, concern The Altar Valley, Ariz. - It used to be, you didn't have to lock your doors around here. Now people encase their windows in wrought iron and their yards in razor wire. -- In the quiet night, people say, you can sometimes hear the AK-47s of drug smugglers battling over loads of marijuana.

Houston Chronicle $4 million of drugs confiscated on Texas border Eagle Pass -- - Agents stationed at the port of entry seized nearly $4 million worth of drugs this week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Friday. -- In all, Customs and Border Protection officers confiscated 125 pounds of cocaine and 27 pounds of marijuana over seven days, the agency said.

Terrill

The Oklahoman Just for landlords: Yes and no votes on HB 1804 Nothing in recent memory has riled landlords - some of them anyway - like state Rep. Randy Terrill's intention to write a law giving authorities the power to seize property where illegal residents live. -- That's next, among other things, in "son of House Bill 1804," Terrill's planned follow-up to the strict illegal immigration law that went into effect Nov. 1.

Los Angeles Times Critics decry Bush's inaction on pardons for border agents Conservatives expressed bitter disappointment Friday that President Bush did not use the Thanksgiving holiday to pardon two U.S. border agents who have been imprisoned for a year for shooting and injuring an accused drug smuggler at the border. -- "It's unfortunate that the president missed the opportunity to demonstrate his compassion..."

Pittsburgh Tribune Editorial Border wars It is time to wrap the flag around U.S. Border Patrol Agents -- America's last line of defense. -- Vicious Mexican-based gangs are increasing their attacks on outmanned and outgunned law-enforcement authorities along the border. And The Washington Times reports the enemy arsenal includes assault rifles...

Dan Sheehy

Fighting Immigration Anarchy YouTube: Sheehy addresses crowd at anti-SPP/NAU event Approximately 300 flag-waving patriotic Americans participated in a march and rally on November 17 in West Los Angeles, where we protested the "Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America" (SPP) and planned merger of the U.S., Mexico and Canada. The event was organized by Save Our State and was one of nine...

American Border Patrol Photos of the day Aerial photos of Simcox fence on Hodges ranch taken November 20, 2007, show little change since November 11, 2006.

Los Angeles Times Guidelines to humanize immigration raids U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has formally adopted federal guidelines aimed at softening treatment of illegal [aliens... criminals] arrested in work-site raids who are pregnant, nursing infants or serving as sole caregivers to children or seriously ill relatives...

Asbury Park Press Invader busted after hit-and-run incident Lakewood, NJ -- The driver who fled from the scene of a collision between his van and a motorcycle was later arrested by police Friday evening who traced him from money orders found in the van. -- Patrolman Leonard Nieves Sr. responded to the intersection of Squankum and East County Line roads after a collision was reported at 6:36 p.m...